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I am pleased to see that the Tunisian GM Slim Bouaziz is coming to Montreal for the Quebec Open. I have always thought of that as a great chess name - along with the Croatian woman Snjezana Mlinarski, and (of course) anyone with the first name "Slobodan".
The favourite name I've played is a player from the Saguenay region of Quebec - Bohumil Kratky.
Years ago at the Brantford Chess Club, I had the opportunity to pair Paul Simon with Michael Bolton. Of course I could not do it. Paul had a much higher rating. I was never a fan of Michael anyways.
Yup - you have those oddball pairings from the 70's - such as Robert North paired against Robert South; Gabor Lorenz and Phil Morenz; George Berner and Wilf Ferner, etc.. I once saw a Black paired with a White - but Black was White and White was Black (chess pieces - not skin colour). :-)
I once saw a Black paired with a White - but Black was White and White was Black (chess pieces - not skin colour). :-)
This gives me a chance to repost a great Abbott and Costello chess routine:
Abbott and Costello Talk Chess
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Costello: So you showed me how to play these chess games on my iPad, but there's a problem.
Abbott: Oh?
Costello: Yeah... the first game is White against Black.
Abbott: Yeah.
Costello: Well, who's playing White?
Abbott: White.
Costello: Yes, White. Who's playing White?
Abbott: White, I just told you that.
Costello: Wong, you did NOT... what the...did we just turn Chinese? Look, I printed the game out... it's right there in black and white.
Abbott: No, you got that backwards.
Costello: What backwards? Look, it's right there: White against Black.
Abbott: Right, White versus Black.
Costello: But I want to know their names!
Abbott: White and Black.
Costello: Right!
Abbott: Ok, glad I could help.
Costello: What help? Look, White is just White and Black is just Black.
Abbott: Were you expecting more than 2 players?
Costello: WHAAAA?
Abbott: It's just White and Black, nobody else.
Costello: Right!
Abbott: Ok, then.
Costello: So you don't even know who's playing?
Abbott: Yes, I just said it.
Costello: Can you repeat it please, veeeeerrrry slowwwwwly.
Abbott: Whiiiiite and Blaaaaack.
Costello: Yes, both of them.
Abbott: Good.
Costello: ARRRRRRGH! Ok, forget that game, what about this second game? They got it reversed, it says Black against White.
Abbott: Yeah.
Costello: But Black never moves first in chess!
Abbott: He did in that game.
Costello: You told me White always moves first.
Abbott: No, in any multi-game match, they take turns moving first.
Costello: So they just switch it around and say Black against White?
Abbott: Yes, the second game would be Black against White.
Costello: Well, the first move says e2 to e4. Black doesn't even have a pawn on e2.
Abbott: Sure he does, just like White did in the first game.
Costello: Ahhh, so they actually move their pieces to the other side of the board?
Abbott: No, they just rotate the board 180 degrees. Now Black is White.
Costello: BUT THE GAME FILE DOESN'T SAY THAT!!! IT SAYS BLACK AGAINST WHITE!!!
Abbott: Yes, right.
Costello: Who is White?
Abbott: Black.
Costello: No, not Black, who is WHITE?
Abbott: I heard you right the first time. Black.
Costello: Ok, if you insist, who is Black?
Abbott: White.
Costello: Do you have a hearing problem!?
Costello: Well, yes, from you yelling in my face. I thought you were talking about the second game.
Costello: Yes! Who is playing who in the second game?
Abbott: You have it right there on your printout: Black and White.
Costello: Yeah, I see it in black and white, and it says Black versus White!
Abbott: Right.
Costello: Ok, so they do switch the pieces around. You don't know everything. Now, look at this: the last move of the second game shows Black moving his Queen to h2, and it's checkmate. And then it says White wins the game.
Abbott: Right.
Costello: Huh? Black moved the White Queen--
Abbott: Yes, of course.
Costello: He can't move the White Queen!
Abbott: He can if he's White.
Costello: Wait a minute...just a minute... you didn't explain that to me. There's different rules for players who are white?
Abbott: You get to move first if you're White.
Costello: Soooo... the civil rights movement never made it to chess? There's no equality for a player if he's black?
Abbott: Well, Black has to fight for equality.
Costello: So chess is prejudiced against players who are black?
Abbott: Yeah, if you're Black, it's tougher to win.
Costello: And in this second game, Black moved the White Queen because what, he was angry?
Abbott: I doubt he was angry, he was probably very satisfied, he played a great game.
Costello: Oh, so maybe he did that because he wanted White to win just so he would feel better.
Abbott: Of course, that was the whole point.
Costello: Huh....
(long pause)
Costello: Ok, what about this game: White against Wong. Who's White in that game?
Abbott: White.
Costello: Yes, dammit, White!
Abbott: Ok, I got one right, don't go overboard.
Costello: You didn't get it right!
Abbott: White is wrong? But you said--
Costello: NO, SILLY, Wong is Black!
Abbott: Huh... A black guy named Wong...
Costello: Wong sounds Chinese to me.
Abbott: Yeah, me too, but I guess he's black.
Costello: (sigh) Well, whatever... this last game you gave me also seems a problem.
Abbott: Oh, why's that?
Costello: Well, it's King versus Knight...
Abbott: Yeah, and?
Costello: King won the game. I thought you told me King vs. Knight is always a draw?
Only the rushing is heard...
Onward flies the bird.
Geza Fuster used to relate comments made at a tournament he played in nearly 80 years ago. In that event were Ruben Fine- a diminutive man barely over 5 feet tall as well as a German player by the name of Klein - who apperently could be quite obnoxious at times.
Of the pair, the others would joke - Fine is kleine (small) but Klein is not fine. :D
One of my favourite (and imo appropriate!) chess names is Irina Krush, although the proper pronunciation is I suspect more like 'croosh' (rhymes with 'push') than 'crush'. An amusing game is to cook up interesting hypothetical pairings- both names should be 'real', i.e. players registered (or formerly registered) in some chess federation. Example: Werner Hug (Switzerland) plays Kiss (several Hungarian players) Hug - Kiss!
I've played one of the Pace brothers more than once in Ottawa. I'm not into ancestry research, but my brother once told me that Pace with or without a 'y' added at the end was used for our family name centuries ago in Normandy.
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
The British Chess Magazine, Volume 25 1905 p.70-72 carries a report of the 100-board match between Croydon and The Rest of Surrey held on Saturday January 14th 1905 in the Public Hall, Thornton Heath.
Board 21 for The Rest of Surrey was Mr. W. P. Pigg and Board 20 for Croydon was Mr. C. H. Bacon. Nearly a great match-up.
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